Today and on Thursday we listened to famous speeches in class. We listened/read speeches by famous leaders such as MLK Jr. and Malcom X. These were both speakers from the Civil Rights Movement. One of the more interesting discussions that we had in class was the difference between *Effective* leaders and *Ethical* leaders. This brought us to the conclusion that ethical leaders have "universal morals". But what are universal morals. I personally think that one of the definitions that can be used to define it would be what most know as The Golden Rule. Do on to others as you would have done onto yourself. Or a different variation that I feel would be more appropriate for the situation would be: A universal moral could be a moral that you wouldn't mind having someone else do to you. What this really reminds me of is the saying honor among thieves. The reason that this saying comes into my head is because I think of a movie that I have watched before. What this movie revolves around is that even these "thieves" have morals. The main characters are English assassins, when the main character accidentally shoots a child while on a job, he now has to be killed. This is because their league of assassins have one of few morals being that you absolutely can NOT kill a child, and they would take your life for it, even if it was an accident. What do you think?
Monday, February 2, 2009
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